Lexical Definition

‎בָּמוֹת‎ Bâmôwth (baw-moth') Bamoth ^N:N--L
plural of ‎בָּמָה‎; heights; or (fully) בָּמוֹת בַּעַל Bâmôwth Baʻal (baw-moth' bah'-al); from the same and ‎בַּעַל‎; heights of Baal

Bamoth, Bamoth-baal.

• § Bamoth = "high places" or "great high place"
• Bamoth or Bamoth-Baal, a place East of the Jordan

1) a town on the river Arnon in Moab

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎בָּמוֺת‎ proper name, of a location (high place or great high place) place in Moab Num 21:19; Num 21:20 = ‎בָּמוֺת בַּעַל‎ Num 22:41; Josh 13:17 possibly on Mt. ±A‰‰arûs compare Di.

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Bamoth-baal • Moabite high place where Balak took Balaam.

Bamoth-baal was a Moabite high place where Balak took Balaam to curse Israel. (Numbers 22:41; Joshua 13:17; Numbers 21:28)

• A location near Pisgah פִּסְגָּה first mentioned at Num.22.41;
• referred to as Bamoth-baal or Bamoth/-baal (NIV= Bamoth Baal) בָּמוֹת בַּעַל, or "heights" (KJV= "lords of the high places," NIV= "citizens of heights of") בַּעֲלֵי בָּמוֹת.
  

Bamoth-baal, meaning "high places of Baal," was a Moabite place of worship mentioned in Numbers 22:41. It was one of the locations where Balak, the king of Moab, took the prophet Balaam to curse the Israelites as they were passing through the region. From Bamoth-baal, Balaam could see a portion of the Israelite camp. The place was likely situated on an elevated location, as its name suggests, and was associated with the worship of the Canaanite deity Baal. In Joshua 13:17, Bamoth-baal is listed as one of the towns allotted to the tribe of Reuben in the territory east of the Jordan River. Numbers 21:28 also mentions Bamoth-baal in the context of the Amorite conquest of Moab before the Israelites arrived in the area.

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